Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Watsonville, California
Honored By
Joe Feaster
SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING THE GERMANIC CAMPAIGNS WITH DISTINCTION AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER WITH THE 801ST AND 492ND SPECIAL OPERATIONS BOMB GROUPS STATIONED IN LANCASTER, ENGLAND, DURING WHICH TIME HE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL NIGHT TIME BOMBING MISSIONS OVER GERMANY WITH MEMBERS OF HIS SQUADRON AND SEVERAL OTHER SPECIAL OPERATIONS MISSIONS OVER NORWAY, SWEDEN AND DENMARK.